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| author | Jim Kingdon <jkingdon@engr.sgi.com> | 1993-12-27 18:59:39 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Kingdon <jkingdon@engr.sgi.com> | 1993-12-27 18:59:39 +0000 |
| commit | 168e808729eb5c38e26c4740f767a0089493e023 (patch) | |
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* stabs.texinfo: Document S type attribute.
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index e183010..9ab449a 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +Mon Dec 27 13:55:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com) + + * stabs.texinfo: Document S type attribute. + Sun Dec 26 20:46:36 1993 Jeffrey A. Law (law@snake.cs.utah.edu) * stabs.texinfo: Add notes about stabs-in-som where appropriate. diff --git a/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo b/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo index 6082b3b..ce796c2 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo @@ -250,10 +250,6 @@ those from the C++ type descriptor @samp{@@}. The attributes are: @var{boundary} is an integer specifying the alignment. I assume it applies to all variables of this type. -@item s@var{size} -Size in bits of a variable of this type. This is fully supported by GDB -4.11 and later. - @item p@var{integer} Pointer class (for checking). Not sure what this means, or how @var{integer} is interpreted. @@ -262,6 +258,16 @@ Pointer class (for checking). Not sure what this means, or how Indicate this is a packed type, meaning that structure fields or array elements are placed more closely in memory, to save memory at the expense of speed. + +@item s@var{size} +Size in bits of a variable of this type. This is fully supported by GDB +4.11 and later. + +@item S +Indicate that this type is a string instead of an array of characters, +or a bitstring instead of a set. It doesn't change the layout of the +data being represented, but does enable the debugger to know which type +it is. @end table All of this can make the string field quite long. All versions of GDB, @@ -1625,6 +1631,9 @@ Pascal set type. @var{type-information} must be a small type such as an enumeration or a subrange, and the type is a bitmask whose length is specified by the number of elements in @var{type-information}. +In CHILL, if it is a bitstring instead of a set, also use the @samp{S} +type attribute (@pxref{String Field}). + @item * @var{type-information} Pointer to @var{type-information}. @end table @@ -1822,6 +1831,10 @@ string. I don't know the difference. Pascal Stringptr. What is this? This is an AIX feature. @end table +Languages, such as CHILL which have a string type which is basically +just an array of characters use the @samp{S} type attribute +(@pxref{String Field}). + @node Enumerations @section Enumerations |